BS! He and his writers have written way to many conflicting story lines where Springfield is in other places for it to be reasonable to claim that they had one specific place in mind. The point of them living in Springfield is that every state has a Springfield and therefore this could be anywhere.

Quoting eaa3 (Reply 1):The point of them living in Springfield is that every state has a Springfield and therefore this could be anywhere.

Springfield also seems to be a Major World City. It has a nuclear plant, a major international airport with nonstop service to every possible destination, and just about every other possible feature of any city anywhere. Hilarious!

I don't think he was saying Springfield is in Oregon, but rather explaining Springfield,Oregon as being the inspiration for the name and location of Springfield. I'm too lazy to look up his exact quote, but I was under the impression that's what he said.

Quoting DocLightning (Reply 4):Springfield also seems to be a Major World City. It has a nuclear plant, a major international airport with nonstop service to every possible destination, and just about every other possible feature of any city anywhere. Hilarious!

They have a real funny way of showing that... The streets in that show are nearly deserted! It look like it is in some hick town somewhere in Kentucky. (No offense to those people there....)

Quoting DocLightning (Reply 4):Springfield also seems to be a Major World City. It has a nuclear plant, a major international airport with nonstop service to every possible destination, and just about every other possible feature of any city anywhere. Hilarious!

I always thought Springfield was supposed to be Los Angeles but Oregon definitely makes sense.

David Mirkin, one of the main producers on the show went to my film school in LA. Rumor has it that Moe's tavern was supposedly based off this dive bar outside campus which, upon entering in 2007 was a doppelganger for Moe's -- 2 old pool tables, stained glass windows over bar, old carpeting, and circular leather booth tables (most notably featured in the episode where Moe opens his restaurant "uncle moe's family feedbag" -- or something like that.)

In 2008 when I became legally able to drink they redesigned fireside and made it this trendy bar called "Tomkin Square." They took out the pool tables and added real tables, installed brand new wooden accents on and around the bar, added fireplaces, but kept the circular leather booth tables in the back.

So one day I was drunk and about to graduate in 2009 and was thinking about when I first entered the place in 2007. I look up and I see a little plastic Moe's Tavern figuring playset like this one hanging over the bar: